The House of Da Vinci

This is a thinking game which I can go through at my leisure. The problems are wonderfully complex enough to give my little gray cells a workout. As a senior, I like this game as it exercises my mind. One little thing that is annoying, is the astrolab as it takes dexterity with the mouse not impulses with the brain. Some of us are not playing this game with the greatest dexterity.

Short and sweet recommend.
Leaves me looking forward to Blue Brain Game next title.
As many have said, if you enjoy The Room series you will enjoy this. Visually it had a very similar feel to Myst & Riven back in the day, thankfully with far less random levers and a smaller space. If you have managed to avoid those titles then as long as you enjoy puzzle games or point & click's you will likely find your money's worth here. Just when you think you completed a puzzle, you find out there was a puzzle inside of it. Puzzleception? And just when you think you've checked everything, surprise!
One bug?
Found it annoying sometimes the Oculi Infinitum (used to see the past) wouldn't work. I don't want to give spoilers so let's say there were a handful of times I couldn't find the next puzzle to solve so I went to YouTube and find out I tried using the Oculi Infinitum where this person did with no results. I would have to exit to the Main Menu and back.
Achievement hunter?
There are no tricks here. They are all based on finding blueprints which are pretty flashy if you are exploring all the nooks and crannies. If you do miss one, you can use chapter select on the main menu to revisit that scene versus having to replay the entire game. Which is *two thumbs up* in my book.

I really loved this game. The puzzles were difficult, different and some were very complex. The depth of details into finding things was astonishing. What looked like simple box was opened up in various ways and just kept on giving.
You are Leonardo's assistant following a trail left by him to find his final invention. Nothing appears as it seems and each room is filled with delights. I kept on saying "Wow' at the inventiveness of the developers. There are enemies following your trail, so there is a sense of urgency and foreboding echoed by the music.
This is not a game to race through, but to savour each moment. Allow yourself to be mystified and puzzled. It gave this old brain a good workout and many are unable to complete the course. Yes, I did use hints and a walk through twice.
There is a hidden achievement in each of the main scenes....in the open, but hidden. I went back into the game at the end to find the missing ones as you can select a chapter at a time. There are 6 in total.
The only downside was a slight clunkiness in the controls and the oculi whasit didnt often respond to my clicking. The execution of the game was pretty linear, but was still superb.
Many have made comparisons with the Room series. There is sameness, but also a great difference to this game. Leonardo di Vinci was a man well before his time and this game plays great homage to his brilliant mind and inventiveness. He would have been in his element in this modern age!
Buy this on sale as it is quite expensive...but it took me 15 hours to complete. Highly recommend. A perfect 10 for me. Well done to the devs!

at first glance this looks like a direct copy of "the room".
and it is, really.
but it's surprisingly solid.
graphics are very nice, the puzzles are smart (for the most part) and it adds some interesting elements to general gameplay.
however while it is a good enough game to recommend it feels sort of pale compared to "the room".
"the room" puzzles are more satisfying to solve and the "the room" games feel smoother to play in general. the difference is relatively small but very noticeable. "the room" did absolutely everything better than "the house of da vinci".
it took me roughly 8 hours to finish this game (almost) without outside help. that's ok but for some reason this game is way more expensive than the three "the room" games combined!
if you have played and enjoyed the "the room" trilogy this game will satisfy your hunger for more puzzles with ease.
otherwise you really should get the three "the room" games instead. they are cheaper and way superior at the same time!
and here the same warning as for "the room" games:
you will spoil your own fun by speeding through the game and you will regret it in the end. take your time and enjoy. this is gaming slow food and not yesterday's pizza warmed up in your microwave.
if you have zero patience and you want instant success then this is totally the wrong game for you.

It's basically the ROOM game.
Different puzzles but the same level of quality.
If you're into point and click puzzles, it's a must buy.

"The House of Da Vinci" is more or less a Point and Click Adventure very similar to "The Room" series, especially the second one (havent played the third yet). In six chapters (Rooms) you have to solve all varieties of puzzles. You also have to look for hidden objects on the way. You can move the camara into certain fixed positions in every room, so it's not a totally free-roam kind of movement.
The puzzles are all point on, but more on the easy side. There are some trickier ones. The hardest part in the game is to find the first/next puzzle, more so if you enter a new room. And the worst part is to find some of the objects to solve the puzzles. Sometimes they are hidden in the most random places and you will find yourself double clicking every pixel for something to show up. But that's really the only real con of the game. Yeah and the "Story" isnt going anywhere.
There is a very useful Hint System as well, which i had to use a few times to find those "well placed" hidden objects. Long story short, the game is worth the money on a sale, if you like puzzle games. Not on the same level with the "The Room" series. Full price is a wee bit on the expansive side, because the replay value just isnt there and some puzzles are a bit random. Playtime isnt more than 8 hours as well.

Reminds me of "the room"
Very good puzzle game you should test it!